Springboks coach Jake White last night launched the World Cup mind games for France 2007, by declaring: "England will feel the pressure more than us."

South Africa and Sir Clive Woodward's world champions will again face a pool stage showdown that promises to shape their respective tournament destinies.

If England repeat their victory of the 2003 World Cup, then they are likely to face a quarter-final rematch with Wales, probably in Cardiff.

Defeat, though, and Australia, the team England dramatically beat to lift the Webb Ellis Cup last November, loom large.

Current momentum in the fixture is with England - they haven't lost to South Africa since a narrow Pretoria defeat four years ago - but both White and England coach Andy Robinson know that a lot could happen between now and September 2007, when the sixth Rugby World Cup kicks off.

South Africa apart, yesterday's draw in Dublin could also see England reunited with the tough-tackling Samoans.

England's five-strong pool will include the winners of the Oceania qualifying group, which is likely to be Samoa, although Fiji will challenge them strongly.

The third-best Americas qualifier, probably the USA, and the second qualifiers from a repechage competition, possibly Tonga, will complete England's equation.

Wales were drawn with twice world champions Australia. The remainder of their group will probably be made up by Fiji, Canada and Japan. Scotland have drawn New Zealand, while other potential opponents are Italy, Romania and Uruguay.

Ireland were drawn in the same pool as France.

The rest of their group is set to comprise Argentina, which would mean Ireland being drawn with them for a third successive World Cup, Georgia and possibly Morocco.